Self-Rated Health among Foreign- and U.S.-Born Asian Americans: A Test of Comparability
Self-Rated Health among Foreign- and U.S.-Born Asian Americans: A Test of Comparability
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外国和美国出生的亚裔美国人的健康自评：可比性测试
作者：
E. Erosheva;E. Walton;D. Takeuchi
目标：我们调查了外国和美国出生的亚裔美国人在自我评估身心健康方面的差异。我们特别测试了与美国出生的受访者相比，外国出生的受访者是否少报了该量表的极端类别。方法：我们分析了全国拉丁裔和亚裔美国人研究的数据，以检验移民是否比美国出生的移民更不可能使用 5 类自评健康量表的极端值。我们使用倾向得分匹配来得出具有相似人口和健康特征的美国和外国出生的亚裔美国人群体。 We defined propensity scores as predicted probabilities of being U.S. born, given individual background characteristics.倾向评分框架使我们能够对控制背景特征的自评健康反应进行描述性比较。我们使用对数线性对称模型来检查 2 个（极端和非极端）和 5 个（“优秀”、“非常好”、“好”、“一般”和“差”）类别配对的自评身心健康报告的交叉表。结果：在控制背景特征的情况下，我们没有发现任何证据表明外国出生的亚裔美国人比美国出生的亚裔美国人更不可能认可自评身体或心理健康的极端类别，也没有证据表明两组之间对任何特定自评健康类别的认可存在不平衡。结论：在控制人口和健康特征的情况下，我们发现外国出生的亚裔美国人和美国出生的亚裔美国人在报告自评身心健康状况（从“优秀”到“差”）的 5 级量表方面没有系统性差异。
Objectives:We investigated differences between foreign- and U.S.-born Asian Americans in self-rating their physical and mental health. In particular, we tested whether the foreign-born respondents underreport the extreme categories of the scale as compared with U.S.-born respondents. Methods:We analyzed data from the National Latino and Asian American Study to examine whether immigrants are less likely to use the extreme ends of the 5-category self-rated health scales than their U.S.-born counterparts. We used propensity score matching to derive groups of U.S.- and foreign-born Asian Americans who share similar demographic and health characteristics. We defined propensity scores as predicted probabilities of being U.S. born, given individual background characteristics. The propensity score framework allowed us to make descriptive comparisons of self-rated health responses controlling for background characteristics. We used log-linear symmetry models to examine cross-tabulations of self-rated physical and mental health reports in matched pairs by the 2 (extreme and nonextreme) and 5 (“excellent,” “very good,” “good,” “fair,” and “poor”) categories. Results:Controlling for background characteristics, we found no evidence that foreign-born Asian Americans are less likely to endorse extreme categories in self-rated physical or mental health than U.S.-born Asian Americans, as well as no evidence of imbalances in endorsement of any particular self-rated health category between the 2 groups. Conclusions:Controlling for demographic and health characteristics, we find no systematic differences between foreign- and U.S.-born Asian Americans in reporting self-rated physical and mental health on the 5-category scales from “excellent” to “poor.”
影响因子：
5
作者：
MUTCHLER, JE;BURR, JA
通讯作者：
BURR, JA
影响因子：
5
作者：
Idler, EL;Benyamini, Y
通讯作者：
Benyamini, Y
将早期社会风险与成年过渡期间受损的身体健康联系起来。
影响因子：
5
作者：
Wickrama,KAS;Conger,RandD;Wallace,LoraEbert;ElderJr,GlenH
通讯作者：
ElderJr,GlenH